I'm still here =)

Sorry I haven't update in so long.

For the past three weeks i've been at a children's nutrition unit at Mulago Hospital. I've been observing and then interviewing the caregivers of the children. It's always interesting to hear their stories and it makes me thankful for what I have. Some of these women have husbands that died or left them. As a result, they need to work to support themselves and the child, but then there is no one to care for the child. Many times they will leave the child with a neighbor and pay some money, but most of the times it leads to the child getting malnourished due to several issues like stress from being separated by the mother therefore a loss of appetite, or neglect by the neighbor, or an underlying disease or infection, etc.

These children are absolutely adorable but it's pretty sad to see how small and skinny they are. Some are several months old yet they look skinnier and much weaker than a new born baby.

I can't believe i'll be back in the states in three weeks... I thought I would be a lot more excited to go home, but a part of me knows i'll miss Uganda.

I'm not sure if i'm ready for another culture shock when I go back to America.

Anyways, just letting people know what i've been up to. I went to this club and there was a performer named Elephant man as well as some others. Not sure if anyone has heard of him because I haven't but he's from jamaica and is supposedly a big reggae artist. Anyways, it was lots of fun.

I'm learning how to ride a motorcycle that is not automatic. I'm pretty bad at it but maybe i'll have it down by the time i get back.

okay, see you all soon!

BEST WEEKEND EVER!

Wow... So i just had the best weekend ever. Fifteen of us went to go white water rafting on the Nile River! It was class 3 and class 5 rapids and it was craaaazy! Our boat flipped about 5 times because we had such little weight on our boat. One of the times I thought i was going to pass out because I couldn't get to the surface of the water! The force of the rapids are SO CRAZY! We were swimming in the water and I drank a lot of it from trying to gasp for air and this water has parasites and all that nastiness in it. Let's hope i don't get sick. It's against the rules of our program to go on this but I have absolutely no regrets. We stayed at the campsite overnight and had such a beautiful view of the Nile. All of the rafting guides were amazing. They were always there for us when we needed them and they made it tons of fun. Okay time is running out. I WANT TO GO BACK RAFTING!!!!